• 상하수도학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.495-508
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• 2010

The aim of this study is to develop a quantified water loss Index to evaluate and manage leakage scientifically for the reduction of non-revenue water in water distribution systems. For the purpose, unavoidable background leakage suggested from UK water industry and IWA, and allowable water leakage in accord with the concept of allowable water loss are proposed by analyzing the inflow into two study water districts and the short-term water use of each customer in the districts. The study distribution areas are selected among the metered districts with good maintenance of leakage after improvement activities in Nonsan, medium sized city in Korea. Estimation models of allowable leakage are developed by metering and analyzing the minimum night flow at residential and commercial areas in the city. In the results of the investigation, it is estimated that background night flow in residential area was larger than that of commercial area where the types of business shows small water use characteristics. Meanwhile, night flow and background water loss on internal plumbing systems show great differences for each district which is influenced much by the water use characteristics and facilities scale. Based on metering water use data in various districts, leakage management criteria can be established under the consideration of domestic conditions in Korea by analyzing separated real water use and background leakage and it is possible to apply into presentation of optimal leakage level and reasonable time for working activities for leakage reduction.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.237-246
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• 2021

The ILI, developed by the IWA (International Water Association), has been used in many countries as an indicator of water leakage. In Korea, the revenue water has been used as a performance indicator for waterworks although there is an opinion to replace it with the ILI. Hence, it has been necessary to investigate whether the ILI can replace the revenue water in Korea. The four main operating indicators (i.e., water service population, profit-loss ratio, fiscal self-reliance, and aged pipe rate) of 162 Korean waterworks were compared with the ILI with the linear regression method. Local water authorities with more than 1 million water service population, with more than 60% profit-loss ratio, more than 40% and less than 60% fiscal self-reliance, and more than 20% aged pipe rate showed meaningful correlation between the four parameters and the ILI. In the remaining cases, their correlations were little or weak. This means that using the ILI may not be an efficient method to represent the performance of the water supply system in Korea because of the lack of UARL (Unavoidable Annual Real Losses) data accuracy. To use the ILI in Korea, it will be required to carry out an additional research to accumulate reliable CARL (Current Annual Real Losses) and UARL data in the future.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2009년도 학술발표회 초록집
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• pp.260-266
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• 2009

본 연구는 지방상수도 배급수 관망의 유수율을 향상시키기 위하여 수량관리를 위한 블록시스템 구축을 통한 구역화 계량, 누수의 정량화를 위한 야간최소유량 측정을 통한 누수평가지표 및 국제 누수지수ILI(Infrastructure Leakage Index)의 도입, 압력제어를 통한 누수저감 효과분석, 장기적인 계획수립을 위하여 노후수도관의 잔존수명 예측 등 누수를 평가 관리할 수 있는 기술을 개발, 제안하였다. N시 야간최소유량 측정을 통하여 주거지역과 상업지역에서 정량적인 누수평가지표로 관길이당, 급수전당의 허용기준누수량을 산정하였다. 이는 관망정비가 완료된 주거, 상업지역을 각각 대상으로 UK water industry에서 제안한 방법을 이용하여 실측을 통한 야간최소유량을 분석함으로써 유수율을 대신할 수 있는 허용누수량 산정식을 개발하였다. 압력제어를 통한 누수저감효과는 감압변의 설치를 통하여 수행되는데, 사천시 우티 배수구역을 대상으로 압력관리 구역을 4개로 분할하고 감압밸브 3개소, 가압펌프 1개소를 설치하여 압력을 조절한 결과 약 $466\;m^3/day$의 누수를 저감시킬 수 있을 것으로 나타나 압력관리를 통하여 연간 113백만의 비용절감효과가 기대되었다. 노후 상수관로의 부식속도 및 잔존수명 예측 연구에서는 매설년도, 토양 또는 수질특성에 따른 관체의 부식속도를 평가함으로써 잔존두께를 예측할 수 있는 모델을 개발하였으며 또한 부식으로 인한 공식특성에 따른 잔존강도 등을 평가할 수 있는 비선형회귀 모형을 개발, 수도관의 잔존수명예측에 활용하여 장단기 노후관 개대체 계획수립에 활용할 수 있도록 제안하였다. 본 연구의 결과들은 지방상수도의 유수율 제고 및 관망정비사업에 적극적으로 활용할 수 있는 누수평가 및 관리기법을 제안할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.573-580
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• 2010

Average pressure in a pipe network is one of critical factors to estimate the flow distribution and to calculate UARL (Unavoidable Annual Real Losses) value in ILI (Infrastructure Leakage Index). While its collection period and measuring location are essential to obtain average pressure, their standard method have not been established so far. In this study, proper method including its procedure for data collection period and measuring point for average pressure were suggested using non-exceedance probability concept in the water distribution network.